Musewu Surname
Approximately 572 people bear this surname
Musewu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Zimbabwe | 170 | 1:90,813 | 13,040 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Musewu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musewu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Musewu is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Musewu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 556,360th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Musewu are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Musewu is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Not including Malawi this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mushewu | 92 | 20 | / |
| Mutsewu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Musawu | 83 | 18,050 | / |
| Musevu | 83 | 155 | / |
| Mugewu | 83 | 71 | / |
| Misewu | 83 | 38 | / |
| Muzewu | 83 | 34 | / |
| Musebu | 83 | 27 | / |
| Musiwu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Musowu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mushebu | 77 | 70 | / |
| Musebau | 77 | 10 | / |
| Mushowu | 77 | 9 | / |
| Musawau | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mushawu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mutsiwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Musiwau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mutsiwau | 71 | 10 | / |
| Muisebau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mutsevhu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Musavu | 67 | 196 | / |
| Musibu | 67 | 88 | / |
| Muzawu | 67 | 49 | / |
| Misawu | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mujiwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Musivu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Muxebu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mujevu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muziwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mizewu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Misiwu | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Musewu
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